Nikon's
600mm f/5.6
Nikkor-P Auto Non-Ai Super Telephoto lens This super telephoto lens, consisting
of 5 elements in 4 groups, provides sharp image over the entire picture field, and
was used extensively used for sports and wildlife photography during its time. It
was designed to be mounted on a camera with the focusing unit as in the case of the
other three Nikkor super telephoto lenses.

The original
version was believed to have been introduced in August, 1964. A revision of this
lens also happened in January, 1978 with improved multi-layers lens coating process
used which supposedly has better image quality.

The closest
focusing distance with this lens is 11m, and the automatic diaphragm may be stopped
down from f/5.6 to f/22. With a built-in telescopic lens hood. As this lens is quite
heavy, weighing at 3.6kg with the lens head alone, making handheld photography difficult
and would require a sturdy support for shooting. The lens can be used in conjunction
with the original Model 1, Model 2 and the subsequent Nikon AU-1 Focusing Unit.

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content; TedWengelaar,Holland
who
has helped to provide many useful input relating to older Nikkor lenses; Some of the references
on production serial numbers used in this site were extracted from Roland Vink's website; HiuraShinsaku from Nikomat
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